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Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#In the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japan is investing in sensors and systems to ensure resilience. The country looks for more real-time feedbacks, and better predictive models, in order to better prepare and reduce impacts from fu
02-02-2012
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Across the world, the issue of clear land title for agricultural lands is seen as the baseline for economic development. The majority of people in the world lack any enforceable claim to their homes or the land they farm. Without land rights and reco
02-02-2012
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#There are many aerial mapping applications where the cost of an aircraft, and the small land size of a project, make hiring an aerial mapping firm impractical. The view from above is a valuable input however, and small radio controlled aircraft that
26-01-2012
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Large volumes of data are being generated through sensors and the use of more and more computing and monitoring devices. The challenges of big data is that with larger datasets it become more difficult to catalog, store, search, share and analyze all
20-01-2012
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Leading off this new year is game-changing news that Autodesk and Pitney Bowes Software are going to align to deliver infrastructure-oriented tools and services. Details regarding the impetus behind the alignment were communicated in a call with Rich
11-01-2012
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Singapore-based and government-backed DES Mapping Solutions offers a data appliance to deliver satellite imagery, digital terrain models, and other base data in a new way. The data appliance makes the data available for applications for an annual sub
05-01-2012
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#This week marked the operational use of China's Beidou satellite navigation system. The availability of services beyond position include timing and navigation data to China and surrounding areas. Beidou promises to offer civilian users positioning in
29-12-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#China has increased their global aerospace presence by becoming a launch site for international satellite customers, including earth observation satellites. The China Great Wall Industry Corporation, the commercial platform for the China Aerospace Sc
21-12-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The Geospatial Information Research Center opened this week in Beijing via a partnership between the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping and the U.K. University of Nottingham. The research center will focus on navigation, global positioning, pho
15-12-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Large-format scanners have been a part of mapping workflows since the early days of paper to digital conversions. While the basic technology that these scanners employ hasn't changed dramatically, these tools continue to be fine-tuned for speed and a
08-12-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Radar imaging, which bounces electromagnetic imagery from a target and measures the returning energy, has key advantages for data collection because of its ability to identify activity and produce imagery that would not be visible otherwise. In cloud
08-12-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Autodesk University, the annual user conference of the architecture, design, engineering, and entertainment software maker, took place this week in Las Vegas. Central to this year's event were discussions of creativity, and the complexity that we fac
02-12-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#There are many things that we map that we consider critical, but it's hard to think of anything more critical to our peace of mind than the mapping of radioactive contamination. The invisible and incremental build-up of radiation in our bodies makes
17-11-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The Great East Japan Earthquake of 9.0 magnitude on March 11, 2011, caused a tsunami with wave heights of 133 feet (4.5 metre), traveling up to 6 miles inland. There were 15,800 deaths. Extensive structure damage in Japan with 42 square kilometers of
17-11-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Seismic risk consulting is both a geospatial and structural engineering challenge. Often the approach to deal with earthquake potential is to simply ignore it or to insure against risk. Miyamoto International has extensive experience is mitigating an
11-11-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The Seoul Metropolitan Government in Korea has had an aggressive IT and 3D modeling trajectory for the past ten years, with ranking as one of the top 100 e-governments worldwide, and a movement from e-government to ubiquitous government. In 2010 the
02-11-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The 'Grassroots GIS' research project is working to develop low-cost mapping and publishing methods for slums and slum-upgrading projects in Manila, financed by the School of Design and Environment, Department of Architecture, National University of
02-11-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The Thai capital of Bangkok is bracing for severe flooding over the weekend with rising water continuing to take its toll throughout the country, and higher-than-normal tides expected over the weekend. Several northern districts of the city of 12 mil
27-10-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Much of the evolution of geospatial data gathering technology takes place within the military application of the toolset, as was witnessed at the GEOINT 2011 Symposium that took place in San Antonio, Texas this week. The event drew a global audience
20-10-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The combination of systems and sensors to manage utility infrastructure is taking hold around the world in the form of smart grid for electric transmission and distribution, and smart water for water and sewer networks. The move to incorporate sensor
06-10-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference (FOSS4G) took place in Denver, Colo. from Sept. 12-16. The event drew more than 900 people, making it the largest of these yearly gatherings organized by the OSGeo Foundation. The internatio
22-09-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#A new report from the UK-based International Institute for Environment and Development warns that the benefits from sustainable forestry schemes (REDD+), may not achieve social and environmental benefits unless in local control. The REDD+ schemes aim
08-09-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Researchers have been working for some time to trace a deadly strain of Cholera called "El Tor" since its emergence in the mid-1970s. It is estimated that cholera affects 3 to 5 million people per year, with 100,000 to 120,000 deaths. The same drug-r
02-09-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The level of development that is needed in Asia and Africa provides great opportunities for surveying and mapping firms. Mapping and surveying are often step one in the design and planning for such projects as power and telecommunication line expansi
24-08-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Tens of thousands of spatial data sets exist in the public sector, yet few of them are readily available. Australia and New Zealand have decided to set up a spatial marketplace to facilitate discovery and access to these public sector spatial dataset
24-08-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Australia is working to establish a National Positioning Infrastructure (NPI) that will deliver 2-cm accurate positioning anywhere outdoors in real-time. This accuracy can only be accomplished by taking advantage of the existing GPS system and the ne
18-08-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#India has embraced information technology for the past 30 years in their quest to bypass the industrial revolution for the betterment of their people. GIS has played a very important role in this transformation, according to Rajendra S. Pawar, founde
10-08-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The Philippine government is poised to radically improve the speed and efficiency of delivering public services with the passage of the e-Commerce Act in 2000. There is ongoing work underway to move agencies online, with the Philippine Geo Portal as
03-08-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#China's largest search engine, Baidu, has created an impressive 3D interactive map or Shanghai that has garnered a lot of interest within the geospatial community. The detailed rendering of the city, with each of the major buildings selectable with a
28-07-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Vincent Hoong, Chief Executive of the Singapore Land Authority, gave a talk during the Senior Executive Seminar of the recent Esri International User Conference about the role of GIS within the Singapore government. The government has long understood
28-07-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The continued advancement of Geographic Information Systems, with a depth of data related to physical locations and the ability to analyze events over both space and time, have given rise to the exploration of history. These capabilities have now spa
26-07-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The world's highest peak, Mount Everest, has been measured many times, but the exact height of the mountain is still somewhat in debate. The last expedition to survey the mountain was in 2005 by China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, marking
20-07-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The Reduced Deforestation and Degredation (REDD+) partnership between the governments of Norway and Indonesia are significantly increasing the understanding of the ways in which greenhouse gas emissions can be curtailed by better forest management. N
15-07-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#You've likely heard of the ongoing battle between next-generation wireless network start-up LightSquared and the GPS position community. The Federal Communication Commission green-lighted the technology, but ongoing testing shows that its signal is i
07-07-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Interviews )
#Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI), formerly Group1 and MapInfo, provides location intelligence and predictive analytics to business and government customers. V1 Editor Matt Ball spoke with Sean Richards, Director, Product Management at Pitney Bowe
30-06-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Researchers in the United States are working alongside IBM on the first real-time environmental monitoring system for rivers and estuaries. The River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) employs a series of sensors that will ultimately scale along
16-06-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The 2011 Hexagon Conference took place this week in Orlando, Fla. This first-ever combination of Hexagon's metrology business with Leica Geosystems, Intergraph and ERDAS users provided a nice platform to launch a new geospatial platform initiative at
10-06-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#A national state of emergency was declared with the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand in Feb. of this year. The impacts of the event were considerable even though the earthquake wasn’t the most severe on the Richter Scale.
09-06-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( News / Corporate )
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that it will hold the next OGC Technical Committee and Planning Committee meetings. The week’s events will run concurrently with the Third International AR (Augmented Reality) Standards Meeting, which
09-06-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Interviews )
#GeoEye has been making many moves since the landmark Enhanced View award. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Chris Tully, senior vice president of sales, recently about the company’s outlook and focus.
06-06-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri, addressed the start of the company with the audience at the Esri Forestry GIS Solutions Conference this week. Many of the company’s first customers were in the forestry industry. At the company's firs
27-05-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Generating an accurate 3D model of the earth's surface with lidar has many advantages over imagery, given that it's a move toward modeling as opposed to just a photo. There is a great deal of information here with three main deliverables that include
27-05-2011
 
( News / Headlines )
Julia Gillard's key climate-change adviser, Will Steffen, has warned that nothing short of securing an effective global agreement to tackle climate change can save the reef, while one of the world's leading reef scientists, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, has sa
24-05-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Interviews )
#Hexagon has been steadily amassing a fully-integrated geospatial technology company, and took a large leap forward with this vision this past fall with the addition of Intergraph. As the company gets ready to host the Hexagon 2011 Event, V1 editor Ma
19-05-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Singapore has recently launched a high-resolution one-stop map for interaction with government data and services called OneMap. OneMap integrates data and services from a large number of government agencies, providing location-based services and info
13-05-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#You've certainly heard of the invasive problem with rabbits in Australia, but did you also know that camels, foxes, pigs, myna birds and wild dogs are also a huge problem? Each year these invasive species cause dramatic damage to native habitat acros
05-05-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#The move to cloud-hosted Geographic Information Systems seems to be on in full force following announcements made at last week's Where 2.0 Conference, hosted by O'Reilly Media. The event saw the debut of Google Earth Builder from Google, a new geospa
29-04-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Aerial digital cameras and satellite imagery sensors continue to improve their resolution, with more frequent visits, and increasingly these inputs are becoming available online, and as base layers for mapping mashups. The improvements that the ever-
15-04-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Today, Bentley released a repackaged and retooled lineup of Bentley Map V8i products. The new three-tiered offering of Bentley Map products simplifies the product offering and adds a number of new features and improved workflows from desktop to enter
07-04-2011
 
Written by:Matt Ball
( Features / Feature )
#Autodesk has rolled out a tool for conceptual design for infrastructure with their Project Galileo software, which builds on their purchase of LandXplorer. The product retains the GIS integration that was in the original product and adds Autodesk’s
06-04-2011
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